Boat Day at Sandy Point

I must say, I was actually amazed that we got it together and made it in the boat on Saturday morning. Not because this should be a difficult thing to do, but because for us it involves bringing the boat in from the country. Theoretically, an easy task, but somehow we always seem to make it complicated. But not this past Friday. I got in touch with B as he was on his way out, and all went smoothly. In order to justify going in the boat, we really needed to get some yardwork done. Luckily, we're both night owls. I did my work early, and while Bryant was doing his, I headed to Super Wally. Wow! There's nothing quite like a Wal-Mart at 11:30 at night. Kinda scary, although one employee did encourage me to get this unborn child ("You know if that's a boy or a girl?") signed on with the Lakers, since they're not doing so well this year. Even my pointing out that my husband is not much taller than I am did not disway him. He named off 4 or 5 short NBA players. I agreed to do it if I could get the signing bonus right now, and he agreed that he would come work for me. It's a win/win I think. Now we just have to pray Duece likes basketball and has a fondness for tattoos and long shorts.
Anyway, Saturday morning we were up and at it. Naturally we left later than I had wanted, but that's just how we roll. The timing ended up being perfect however as the Halfords/Egelstons were just passing the landing as Reeves and I were picking B up on the dock. (Bryant was quick to point out just how perfect the timing was, since I tend to get a little ancy and, in his opinion, annoying/aggrivating/ridiculous when we are running late.) We headed to Sandy Point - first time we'd been there. It's really a neat beach, right at the end of Kiawah. Putting much more faith in our depth finder that I, B pointed out that the drop off off the beach was like 53 feet. I have trouble believing that. Luckily, the tide was coming in, and the dangerously deep drop off kept getting farther and farther away from our play area, so we were all happy and relieved. Haha! It amazes me that these children don't seem to mind having their life jackets on. I remember hating it and wanting nothing more than to free myself of its hot, itchy confines. But, as Nancy and Aileen pointed out, we were also allowed to crawl freely through the car while it was in motion and ride in strollers without straps. These children are used to being strapped in, and at least they could move around with the life jackets. These are also the children who already know to look on the back of the camera the instant a picture is taken rather than waiting a couple of weeks to get the prints back, so I shouldn't be surprised. We all tried for some family portraits, but between the life jackets riding up, the sun, and the numerous distractions, it wasn't an easy task. It's a good thing the subjects are all so cute!
Not sure why, but the term, herding cats kept coming to mind - at least for those with more than one to wrangle. I could pretty much get Duece to do what I wanted.

Little Miss Eliza, our only girl in the group, depending on what it in my belly. She was just precious in her green and white polka dotted bathing suit. She didn't enjoy the water so much, but she was certainly Queen of the Beach. Here she is with her mean Mommy, only a few feet away from her beloved shoreline. Oh, the inhumanity!We stopped briefly to eat lunch, and I put this in only to mention (brag) that I was so proud of Reeves. He actually ate his bologna sandwich like a sandwich, rather than as two independent peices of bread and two pieces of bologna. For some reason, this really made me realize just how fast he's growing up. Do I really need to chop up his food anymore if he can handle a sandwich like this? I think he was even proud of himself as he was more than happy to show it to Daddy when he took this picture.Big DuBose entertained the now fed and life-jacketless children with super tall drip castles. They loved it. I think Eliza here is reminding the boys that she is in charge of this beach, thank you very much.I love this picture only because Mills stood like this, with two fistfuls of mud high above his head, waiting for me to take the shot, the action shot. He would not drop them until he saw the flash. It was too funny. Nancy, you've trained him well! He poses like a pro!Reeves fell sound asleep only minutes into the ride back, so we cruised the Abbapoola. It was nice and relaxing, and the perfect cap to a wonderful Boat Day!! Thanks for putting this together. We can't wait to do it again!